Imogene Coca was a comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on YourShow of Shows, a live 90-minute variety show that appeared Saturdays (9-10:30 p.m. ET) on NBC from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954. Coca took Lessons in piano, dance, and voice as a child and while still a teenager moved from Philadelphia to New York City to become a dancer. She got her first job in the chorus of the Broadwaymusical When You Smile